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Originally Posted by Dinisk
It is very difficult to compile if you are a beginner. I think it's easier to find a similar hack with this script to go into hxd and copy this code (having found the callasm offset in this script) in 16 format. and paste it into your ROM using callasm
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Not really,
its pretty easy to learn how to assemble/ insert ASM nowadays, even if you're a beginner. ASM in general is becoming far more accessible than it ever was.
If a hacker wanted to copy a routine from another game they would first have to find a hack that has the specific routine inserted which will time as they play through them in order to find an occurrence of the ASM. Once they found an instance of the routine they would then have to copy it over their ROM which isn't always that simple. Assembled ASM doesn't have a simple terminator byte like scripts so it can be difficult picking out a specific routine's length if its surrounded by other assorted data. It would be faster and easier to just follow the tutorial I linked above than to try and rip a routine from another hack. Learning how to assemble ASM will expand a hacker's repertoire of hacking skills and give them more latitude to use in the future, especially if they're a beginner.